“Dissatisfied audiences and declining viewing share” could damage the legitimacy of the BBC funding debate, according to an influential UK House of Lords report, which urged the corpora…
funding debate, according to an influential UK House of Lords report, which urged the corporation to “seize the opportunity to generate momentum for change.”
“The BBC cannot provide content that pleases everyone all the time,” said the House of Lords Communications and Digital Commitee’s Report, which nonetheless noted the BBC’s various diversity initiatives as a positive. The call came a few days after the BBC’s Annual Report, which contained alarming audience figures showing that average viewing to BBC TV fell by one hour per week last year and less than three-quarters of the UK population is now using the BBC, down by 3 percentage points.
The Lords passionately urged the BBC to “use the debate on its future funding to embrace its challenges and seize the opportunity to generate momentum for change.”That thought is being applied by the biggest brains in BBC New Broadcasting House and Director General Tim Davie has said his team will publish the principles of a future funding model in the coming weeks.
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